1932 Map of Jacksonville

About this map

Jacksonville serves as the primary hub of this Central Illinois region during the early 1930s, showing a well-developed grid of streets and key institutions like the Douglas Institute. The landscape is defined by the drainage basins of Mauvaise Terre Creek and Apple Creek, where a dense network of country schools and churches supported a robust rural population. Notable landmarks include the Routt Sch and Prairie College Sch, alongside numerous family-linked burial grounds such as Whitlock Cem and Bull Cem. The transportation infrastructure is anchored by three major rail lines—the Wabash, the Alton, and the Chicago Burlington and Quincy—which connected smaller settlements like Pisgah, Woodson, and Franklin to the wider markets. This era of surveying captures the transition of the Illinois prairie into a highly organized agricultural and institutional landscape.